The Vermont watchman. [volume] (Montpelier, Vt.) 1883-1911, 1887-08-24
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.

Is to DC per Id; washed wool, % to 2Sc per
Id, with a firm market.
WATERFOWL AND BRIGHTON
LIVE STOCK.
CATTLE.-The receipts were 1909 head.
The movement was steady. Northern
dressed were firm at 4 to &c per ID. Fancy,
II to 79c per pound.
SHEEP AND LAMBs.-The receipts were
10, 444 head, The market was less active at
2t to &c for sheep and * to &c for lambs
SwINE.-The receipts were 1903 head.
Quotations were well sustained, Northern
dressed selling at q to &c and Western
live at 81 to &c per pound.
vEALs.-Receipts, 7O3 head. The market
was firm, prices ranging at % to 52c per lb.
PoULTRY.-The supply of live poultry
was three tons. Mixed lots sold at 10 to / &c
and chicks at 129c per pound.
HIDES, TALLow, ETc.-We quote Brighton
hides at 81 to &c and country lots at to 6Ic
per lb calf-skins, &c per ID; sheared pelts,
II to 25c each; lamb skins, 80 to Toe each /;
dairy skins, II to 25c each; Brighton tai
low, p to &c and country lots at II to &c
per pound.
BOSTON COUNTRY PRODUCE.
PoTAToEs.-The market is materially un-
changed. Choice stock has been in fair de-
mand, with full supply The best lots sell
at $500 to 1912 per barrel.
EGGs-There has been steady demand
for choice fresh stock and prices are gradu-
ally working upward. Vermont and New
York sell at II to 19c and choice Western at
ii to 15c per dozen.
BEANs.-Receipts continue moderate, and
all choice stock is meeting with ready
sale. Pea and medium beans are higher.
But few Yellow Eyes are offering. Choice
hand-picked Pea sell at $500 to S2.05,
Yellow Eyes at 81 80 to 81 .55, do screened
10 nd Pod a
to S1.70 per bushel.
CHEEsE.-The market has a very firm
tone and fresh receipts of fine Northern
stock are Independently held. They move
very slowly, however, most dealers pre-
ferring old stocks, which cost about &c less
Extra Vermont sells at II to lie, good to
choice at 10 to 1OIc, common at to SC and
extra sage at 10 to lie per Id.
HAY AND STRAw.-The market is firm for
fancy old hay, but ordinary grades are dull
and weak. The former grades are rather
scarce, however, while the latter are still in
heavy stock We quote choice prime hay
at $500 to $3.50, fair to good at S1400
to $1,000 and poor at HOO to S14.00. Rye
straw sells at S13.0O to $3.50 and oat at
$500 to $3.50 per ton.
BUTTER.-The market has a very firm
tone, but trade is very quiet Prices are
ruling fully as high as week ago. Extra
fresh-made Western creamery holds firm.
Some of the finest Vermont dairy lots have
sold at % to 23c, but there are very few that
are good enough to bring such prices. Most
sales of straight lots are at 90 to 2lc. Imita-
ton creamery and ladle goods are in good
demand Low-grade stock is well sold up.
We quote extra Northern creamery at "a
to 25c, extra Western creamery at %
to 24c choice do at Is to zoe, the finest
Franklin county dairy at u to pc, good
to choice do at Is to zoe, choice Northern
dairy at Is to 20c and fair to good do at 16
to 1Sc per pound.
THE WOOL MARKET.
THE market is quieter than last week.
Some larger sales have been made, but at
prices lower than should he asked. West
ern holders are weakening and are finding
| that they cannot sell their wool at home,
and so they are sending representatives
East to take part of the trade here. Some
manufacturers have taken sample lots.
| They will give no orders, however, as they
are waiting for lower prices. Ohio Xxx sells
at "a to 35c, Ohio Y at 81 to SIC, Michigan
No. l at 81 to 3Sc, Maine supers at 43 to
45c and extra Western supers at 30 to 35c
per pound
THE LUMBER TRADE.
THE arrivals have not been so full as last
week and the stock which has come in is
mainly on orders. The arrivals for the sea-
son have been considerably less than last,
and this fact, combined with the higher
railroad freights, owing to the interstate
law, and the higher vessel freights which
have advanced in sympathy, have kept the
prices up, though in former years they have
declined in the summer. The demand for
dimension lumber has not been brisk the
past week, but there has been a good trade
in flooring, spruce and hemlock boards Clap
boards have been in good call and shingles
and laths have moved well. Rough hemoclS
boards sell at $1,000 to 5000 and planed do
at $3.50; the best clear spruce floor boards
at $3.50 to $1,000, coarse at $500 and
refuse at $500 to $500; one-inch box
boards at $500 and seven-eighths do at
S1100; Eastern sawed cedar shingles at
$40 TO S3.62l, clear do at $500 to S3.l23, the
best shaved shingles at S5.25, other grades
at S3.25 to S4.75 and No. spruce at 20 to
Sl.5O; extra four-foot spruce clapboards at
! $500 to S29 do clear at S26 to S27 90 and
other grades at S12 to S2100; pine and spruce
laths at $500 to 1925 and spruce under